Chapter 463 True and False

"Find His Majesty!"

Li Heng was riding his horse westward surrounded by people when he suddenly heard such shouting from behind. When he turned around, he saw a knight coming from the east, shouting at the same time.

"Bring him here." Li Heng ordered.

After a while, the knight was brought to him, with excitement still on his face.

"His Majesty has passed away, who asked you to announce it like this?"

"Back to King Zhong, General Chen found Your Majesty! I ordered the villain to come and inform the large group of people to stop the progress."

"What are you talking about?"

"Really, General Chen met with His Majesty and announced the matter personally."

Li Heng's eyes narrowed and he was about to have a seizure. He soon realized that there were others around him. A slightly weird smile appeared on his face, he opened his lips and uttered a word.

"good!"

He was extremely pleasantly surprised and said: "It would be great if Your Majesty is still here! Go and confirm the news quickly, don't let me down."

He arranged for two confidants to take the messenger to rest, and told them not to make any announcements until the matter was confirmed. After that, Li Heng turned to the carriage at the rear and opened the curtain directly.

The car curtains were lowered, and the smile on his face instantly faded, becoming gloomy.

"What?" Zhang Ting asked.

"You came up with a good idea." Li Heng gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence, trying to control his panic and anger, and said: "Right now, both the saint and Xue Bai are alive, what do you want me to do?!"

Zhang Ting quickly understood what he was talking about, and was so shocked that his pupils dilated and he murmured: "What? Not dead? It's such a big fire, but they're not dead yet."

The idea was indeed hers. Because Li Heng was anxious to take the team to Heshuo, she first persuaded him to set fire to the mountain. But after the fire was extinguished, many important ministers still insisted on finding the saint, saying, "You want to see people alive, you want to die."

"See the corpse", Li Heng also felt threatened by Li Wan, and always said uneasily "the night is long and the dream is many", so Zhang Ting once again proposed to make a play in which the saint was killed by Xue Bai, and it would be over.

They thought well at first. The saint and Xue Bai were most likely dead. If this matter was confirmed as Li Cong's major crime, Li Heng would be able to legitimately ascend the throne. Even if the saint appeared again later, everything would be cooked.

Well, when the time comes, it will be Li Heng, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who has the power to judge whether someone is pretending to be the emperor.

However, Xue Bai's reaction was too fast, and Li Heng didn't even have time to lead the imperial army out of Guanzhong.

"They shouldn't be allowed to see Chen Xuanli."

Zhang Ting quickly realized the discrepancy between the development of the situation and the plan, and asked: "How did Li Chu do things? Why didn't he stop this from the beginning?"

"How can he stop him?" Li Heng asked, "Can't he do it? That's a saint!"

"So what?" Zhang Ting was surprised, stared at him, and asked: "When things come to a close, are you still soft-hearted? Do you know what will happen to us once we let the old man come back alive?"

Li Heng swallowed and said nothing, but he could not hide the fear in his eyes.

What he fears is the act of regicide and patricide itself. It must be said that there is a very big difference in degree between setting fire to a mountain and killing a king with real swords and guns.

Zhang Ting was very angry. At this moment, she saw Li Heng's cowardice and luck.

Since ancient times, many people have dared to secretly frame their parents and brothers in order to compete for the throne, but the only one who could decisively kill his brother with an arrow in broad daylight in full view of the public was Emperor Taizong. It is easy to kill someone in secret, but it takes great courage to face the overwhelming public opinion and historical commentary.

, Li Heng is far from having such courage.

She couldn't help but said: "What I should hear is not 'the saint is still alive', but 'someone is pretending to be a saint'."

The couple were still discussing here, and Li Chu's envoy also arrived to ask Li Heng what to do.

"Your Highness, King Guangping asked, is it possible to bring everyone back?"

Li Heng hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes."

"No!" Zhang Ting pulled him over and whispered: "Don't you understand? The fire has just been extinguished. Why is Xue Bai so impatient for the saint to show up that he is not afraid of you killing him? Because he is more afraid of you.

Take people to Heshuo! Bring the saint back now, just in case they control the imperial army."

"What do you want me to do?"

"We must start as early as possible. The longer we delay, the more out of control the situation will be." Zhang Ting urged, "Let Li Chu do it quickly."

"But how dare he take action?"

Li Chu objected to Xue Bai's false appearance of regicide from the beginning. Li Heng knew that the eldest son had a soft ear, so he persuaded him hard before he agreed. They found a few confidants and chose a palace concubine to pretend to be Yang Yuhuan. At first, they did not

He said he wanted their lives, but Li Chu'er was not soft-hearted, and finally shot them all. However, it is not difficult to be cruel to the lives of his subordinates, but when facing a real saint, the situation is different.

Zhang Ting actually understood Li Chu better, snorted coldly and said: "Now that things have happened, does he still have a way out? What he is waiting for is nothing more than a clear statement from you."

"What do you mean?"

"Just let him do it."

Li Heng soon figured out that bringing the living saint back would be the worst possible outcome.

But the order for Li Chu to take action could not be left on paper. He looked around and saw that this matter could not be handled by any officials or soldiers. Only a few eunuchs around him could be trusted, so he summoned Li Fuguo and whispered a few words in his ear.

, said: "Go right away."

"Here."

When Li Fuguo first entered the palace, he never thought that one day he would be able to participate in such a major world event. Fortunately, he was able to cope with it and hurriedly mounted his horse and left.

Compared with Li Chu who had to refuse first to make a show, Li Fuguo, the eunuch, was more decisive when encountering problems, which made Li Heng feel his loyalty. He even looked back at Li Fuguo's back.

"Your Highness, we must not let the team stop," Zhang Ting said, "Instead, we should speed up the journey."

"Okay." Li Heng sighed tiredly, caressed her back, and said with emotion: "Fortunately, I have you, my sons, and the eunuchs around me are also very capable."

"That's because His Highness is generous and tolerant of others."

Li Heng nodded sadly. During the most difficult moments in the past and now, he had established solid trust in the women and eunuchs around him.

~~

The walls of Chencang Mountain are ten thousand feet high, and clouds are slowly floating behind the peak.

Li Chu looked at the mountain road between the two mountains and felt anxious. He wanted to send people in to kill Xue Bai and "rescue" the saint, but he was not confident that he would not make mistakes, for fear that the saint would incite the imperial army under his command.

"Brother," Li Tan said, "Shall we talk?"

"Um."

The two brothers then drove their horses away from the soldiers and faced each other on the banks of the Wei River.

Finally, Li Tan asked: "Before leaving the customs, the scene of Xue Bai's regicide was actually performed by my brother?"

"You just found out that it was Xue Bai who sent someone..."

"I'm just going to find a step for my brother to get off." Li Tan said, "Don't deceive yourself."

Li Chu sighed: "Sanlang, are you doubting me?"

"That's not what I meant."

"I thought the saint would not be spared from such a fire." Li Chu said, "The situation is like this again. Outside there is Hu Jie causing chaos, and inside there is King Qing forcing the palace. If we don't organize the army to the northwest as soon as possible, we will have to guard a cloud of ashes and suffer.

Searching hard will only make some people have thoughts they shouldn't have."

Li Tan asked: "Brother, was he worried that King Rong would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so he took this step?"

"good."

"But now that the saint is here, why isn't my brother happy?"

Li Chu was surprised and asked: "When did I become unhappy?"

Li Tan said: "I can see it."

This sentence made Li Chu's eyes look even more gloomy.

"I can see it, and so can others." Li Tan said, "There is no need for Xue Bai to prove anything. I just see your reaction when you hear that the saint is alive. Anyone who is interested will understand what is going on."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"The soldiers are not stupid. They know what is going on. They will definitely not dare to follow my brother... and refuse to recognize the saint." Li Tan actually never revealed Li Chu's thoughts on this matter, and said: "The only way to meet him now is to welcome him.

Go back to the saint, ask the saint to issue an edict, and continue to Heshuo."

At this time.

"King Guangping, the sage has an oral message!"

Li Chu turned around and saw a knight under Chen Xuanli coming over and said loudly: "Summon Li Chu, King of Guangping, to see him and explain the mountain fire and regicide!"

As soon as this statement came out, the Imperial Guards immediately started talking about it.

Li Chu did not expect that before he could make up his mind to attack Xue Bai, he would be forced into a dilemma by Xue Bai.

At this moment, a fast horse ran towards him. It was Li Fuguo who had arrived.

Li Fuguo had a better personal relationship with Li Tan before, but today he avoided Li Tan, pulled Li Chu over, and whispered a few words.

~~

Randen Temple.

Xue Bai sat cross-legged under an ancient tree, as if an old monk was in meditation.
To be continued...